Newcastle to host large scale live 'Brickman Awesome' Exhibition this month
Announcement posted by Thurnham Teece 08 Sep 2020
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EMBARGOED UNTIL: 8.00am AEST – Wednesday 9th September 2020
RECORD-BREAKING MODELS TO BE UNVEILED IN NEWCASTLE
AT EXHIBITION MADE FROM LEGO® BRICKS!
Ryan ‘The Brickman’ McNaught brings Brickman Awesome to NEWCASTLE!
Hunter region LEGO® fans, prepare to be awed, because Ryan ‘The Brickman’ McNaught is bringing his latest exhibition, Brickman Awesome, to Newcastle this September school holidays!
Newcastle Entertainment Centre (NEC) will host Brickman Awesome, Ryan’s third exhibition made entirely from LEGO® bricks, featuring 36 models, none of which have been seen in Newcastle before, and which took a mammoth 5,000 hours to build from more than two million LEGO® bricks.Tickets will go on sale at 11.00am Friday 11 September through Ticketek.
Luke Daniels General Manager of NEC says: “We are thrilled to be hosting Brickman Awesome on its last Australian city leg before this amazing exhibition leaves our shores. The exhibition lends itself to be staged in a socially distanced manner so families can enjoy a terrific event during school holidays.”
One of the most ‘awesome’models in the exhibition is the world’s first life-size LEGO® Harley-Davidson, which will be showcased alongside a number of record-breaking models, including an enormous 3 metre tall Orca whale and the largest ever LEGO® Caterpillar 797 dump truck.
Visitors will be forgiven for thinking they have stepped inside a zoo, as they find themselves surrounded by a LEGO® kangaroo, koala, penguins and even a full-sized LEGO® Australian saltwater crocodile, weighing over 60kgs and built using more than 40,000 LEGO® bricks.
Brickman Awesome punters can take advantage of Ticketek’s world-leading partnership with Afterpay when they book in advance. Available via the Ticketek app or website, Afterpay is the world’s largest buy-now-pay-later service, offering fans greater flexibility to pay for tickets in four equal instalments but securing their session with the first payment.
It’s been a busy time for Ryan ‘The Brickman’ McNaught, who starred alongside Hamish Blake in ‘LEGO MASTERS’, Channel Nine’s show that pits eight pairs of LEGO®-loving Aussies against each other in a series of building challenges.
When asked about plans for Newcastle Ryan said: “I’m excited to finally be bringing Brickman Awesome to Newcastle. It’s an amazing city and when we brought our previous exhibitions they were incredibly well received – Novacastrians really do have such huge enthusiasm for LEGO®!
“My team and I have had a great time building all these record-breaking models, so I can’t wait to share them with fans and families in Newcastle. This year’s theme is quite broad. The models in the exhibition are pretty diverse, so whether you’re an animal lover, a movie fanatic, or you have a love of travel, there really is something for everyone – young and old!”
Following the enormous success of Brickman Experience’s Newcastle season in 2017 and to comply with COVID-19 protocols, booking online and in advance is strongly recommended to secure a preferred session time. Door sales will be possible, but subject only to session availability. The safety of patrons and staff is TEG Live and Brickman Exhibition’s top priority and Brickman Awesome will operate with a commitment to a COVID Safe environment. Brickman Awesome’s COVID Safe measures include capped number of visitors to all sessions; physical distancing measures in queues and sanitiser stations located onsite. Due to COVID-19 protocols, the exhibition no longer has LEGO® building activities included.
BRICKMAN AWESOME
Newcastle Entertainment Centre
1.00pm Friday 25th September - Sunday 18th October
Open daily. Advance bookings recommended.
General Public tickets on sale from 11.00am Friday 11th September, www.ticketek.com.au
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Brickman Awesome images are available to download: HERE
For all media enquiries please contact:
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ABOUT BRICKMAN
The Brickman is a team of skilled LEGO® artists and craftspeople led by Ryan McNaught, aka “The Brickman.” Ryan is a LEGO® Certified Professional, one of only 14 in the world and the only one in the Southern Hemisphere. Ryan and his team have built some of the world’s largest and most detailed LEGO® models, and are responsible for building models for LEGO® offices around the world. Having produced four touring exhibitions and hundreds of models for museums, galleries and shopping locations globally, the Brickman team have garnered many prestigious awards for their works. Brickman maintain a unique style, which makes their creations some of the best and most recognisable in the world.
ABOUT TEG LIVE:
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